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On a new episode of ID the Future, Discovery Institute biologists Jonathan Wells and Ray Bohlin discuss the hot new topic of “Darwinian medicine.”

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It’s now fashionable to argue that medical students need a dose of Darwinsim with their training, and patients could do with the same in consulting with their own doctors. As Dr. Wells comments, though, this doesn’t really add anything and may in fact do serious harm.

For example, a Darwinian perspective would suggest not finishing that bottle of antibiotics (like they always tell you to do). Why? Listen and find out.

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David Klinghoffer is a Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. He is the author of seven books including Plato’s Revenge: The New Science of the Immaterial Genome and The Lord Will Gather Me In: My Journey to Jewish Orthodoxy. A former senior editor at National Review, he has contributed to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications. He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1987. Born in Santa Monica, CA, he lives on Mercer Island, WA.
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